Congratulations to David Grain on shooting the first 100 at the club this season! And of course that means the 2016 cake roster has now officially started.
Welcome back to Mark Baines and Bex Gibbs. Bex in particular proved she hasn’t lost any of her skills by shooting a very commendable 98.5.
Five more shooters moved to slings yesterday. Bella Gauld continued her fine form on the rest by scoring 89.1 on the sling. It was great to see that all five who moved to slings last week improved this week as they get used to the new equipment.
The top five in D Grade this week were Rhys Mountain with a new PB of 95.1, Leilani Fam 94.3, Sarah May 94.1, and Jack MacCormick and Nicoli Yamog both with 91.2. Mark Riley scored extremely well in C Grade with 98.6 with Luisa Kristen next best on 94.2. Callum Osborne continues to lead B Grade, this week scoring 98.3, while Andrea Tuohy was only a point behind on 97.5. David Grain top-scored in A Grade with 100.4, followed by Dianne Grain with 99.5. And Meredith Ackrill had the highest Master Grade score of 97.5. It was extremely close in the 20-shot competition with three scores being within inners of each other (Dianne Grain 197.13, David Grain 197.11 and Evan Little 197.10).
A reminder that the grading season has now commenced, so please remember to record all competition scores shot on the Excel spreadsheet emailed out on Saturday (or even better, make another tab on last year’s spreadsheet so you can compare against the previous year).
The final group of new shooters will move to slings next Sunday. Assistance would be appreciated, especially as David will be away next week.
There are still a few outstanding subs to be paid. Prompt payment would be appreciated.
With a large number of members using club equipment, we would like to encourage our more experienced shooters to consider purchasing a jacket, sling and swivel. Some of the benefits include not needing to share equipment with anyone else and having a better fitting jacket (especially females). Equipment should easily be able to be on-sold to newer shooters at a later time, thereby minimising the cost overall. Suppliers are linked through this website. Please talk with senior members if you are interested in purchasing equipment and would like advice as to what to buy.
The Wellington Association is holding a business house shoot on Friday 8 April. Please promote this at your workplace – if you are able to get a three-person team together please let me know so that we can organise equipment and coaching.
The first of the season’s open champs is being held on Saturday 9 April at the Colyton range in Feilding. Open champs are held almost weekly at various ranges around the country, with the local ones being advertised in the weekly updates. These champs are totally voluntary and require payment of an entry fee, involve shooting 3x10 shot cards, with cash or prizes for the top placegetters in each grade. We encourage all club members to enter the Wellington Central Club Open Champs on 7 May, the Hutt Valley Open Champs on 11 June and the Wellington Open Champs on 16 July, as well as any other open champs you may wish to go to. Please remember to let a senior member know if you do wish to attend a champs as your equipment will need to be transported there.
A reminder to go along to the first of the Teams of Ten trials on Sunday morning at 9.30am if you are keen to shoot in this exciting competition, being held at the Petone range on 14 May. Wellington has entered two teams, each comprising 10 shooters plus an emergency. Shooters need to be self-sufficient, able to scope themselves and make their own sight changes. The trials involve shooting 2x20 shot targets. These targets can count towards your club competition as long as you let Evan or Meredith know before they are shot.
Upcoming events:
- Friday 8 April, 6.30pm, WSRA Business House Shoot.
- Saturday 9 April, Colyton Open Champs, Feilding.
- Sunday 10 April, 9.30am, Teams of Ten trial, 2x20.
- Saturday 16 April, Bulls Open Champs, Palmerston North.